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Board considers grants for ADU planning and remediation for 275 South Morris (former Coliseum)
Summary
Board members introduced resolutions to apply for a $250,000 DECD planning grant for ADU and small healthy home development and discussed a $999,000 DECD remediation grant and a possible $199,000 municipal remediation grant tied to the redevelopment of the former Coliseum site at 275 South Morris/275 South Pointe.
The board reviewed resolutions and committee reports on housing-support and remediation grants connected to downtown redevelopment.
Speaker 1 introduced a resolution to apply for and accept a $250,000 planning grant from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development to support technical and financial strategies for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and small healthy-home development. Speaker 7 also described a proposed partnership and a separate DECD grant for up to $999,000 intended to support remediation work at 275 South Morris Street as part of a base-use redevelopment project.
Speaker 7 told the board the city is seeking additional municipal brownfield/remediation funding and "has the opportunity to obtain up to a grant for a $199,000 in funding from the state department of economic and community development, municipal ground fields grant program to conduct the remediation task prior to construction of the project." The city presentation described a developer proposal (Phase 1-B LLC working with Spinnaker Real Estate Partners) to convert surface parking into retail space and up to roughly 120 residential units as part of a phased redevelopment of the former Coliseum site.
Procedural status: resolutions were presented and committee-recommended; the transcript documents the committee recommendations and grant applications but does not record final full-board appropriation votes in the provided text.
What’s next: staff will pursue the grant applications and remediation planning required to advance the redevelopment concept.
